19 ideas
7893 | Our life is the creation of our mind [Anon (Dham)] |
22180 | Multiple realisability is said to make reduction impossible [Okasha] |
14296 | Dispositions are physical states of mechanism; when known, these replace the old disposition term [Quine] |
7898 | The world is just the illusion of an appearance [Anon (Dham)] |
22177 | Randomised Control Trials have a treatment and a control group, chosen at random [Okasha] |
22172 | Not all sciences are experimental; astronomy relies on careful observation [Okasha] |
22174 | The discoverers of Neptune didn't change their theory because of an anomaly [Okasha] |
22175 | Science mostly aims at confirming theories, rather than falsifying them [Okasha] |
22182 | Theories with unobservables are underdetermined by the evidence [Okasha] |
22185 | Two things can't be incompatible if they are incommensurable [Okasha] |
22176 | Induction is inferences from examined to unexamined instances of a given kind [Okasha] |
22178 | If the rules only concern changes of belief, and not the starting point, absurd views can look ratiional [Okasha] |
7894 | Hate is conquered by love [Anon (Dham)] |
7899 | Even divine pleasure will not satisfy the wise, as it is insatiable, and leads to pain [Anon (Dham)] |
7896 | The foolish gradually fill with evil, like a slowly-filled water-jar [Anon (Dham)] |
7897 | The wise gradually fill with good, like a slowly-filled water-jar [Anon (Dham)] |
7895 | Don't befriend fools; either find superior friends, or travel alone [Anon (Dham)] |
22173 | Galileo refuted the Aristotelian theory that heavier objects fall faster [Okasha] |
7900 | Speak the truth, yield not to anger, give what you can to him who asks [Anon (Dham)] |